Graham & Boles Properties

Judy Snyder has over 25 years experience in Real Estate.Her areas of expertise include evaluating raw land for new subdivision potential, planning and implementing strategies for new subdivisions, and helping buyers purchase and/or build new homes.

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Currently, Judy is the Director of Marketing for Greenbrier Farm, the Marketing Agent at Greenbrier Farm for K.T. Isenhour Construction Company, and is Director of Marketing for Nanzetta.Judy is also the Director of Marketing for the New Homes Division of Graham & Boles Properties.

Judy Snyder, director of Graduate Greenville, says that of those 15 students, only one that she knows of has since decided to pursue a GED.Plans for next year include a repeat event with Greer High School and possibly one other school added to Greenville and Berea.

While Snyder sees value in the initiative targeting high school dropouts, she says efforts need to happen much earlier."We need to reach children and their families much earlier than high school," she says."Many children enter kindergarten already behind, and it's very difficult to catch up."

She suggests strong pre-K programs, intervention at the third grade level to identify students who are behind in reading, and help for students at the middle school level so that they don't enter high school behind grade level in math and literacy."We also need to work together as a community to change the culture and attitudes, which many still hold, that students don't really need a high school diploma to have a good life," Snyder says.

"It was a huge success," said Judy Snyder, director of Graduate Greenville.
"I think the volunteers learned as much as the students did."

They got a first-hand look at the real-life circumstances of students who are ready to give up on school, she said.

"There were some incredible stories."

Eleven students from Berea and seven from the Greenville High area made commitments to get back in school, Snyder said.

The volunteers went to about 100 homes looking for students.
Some of the houses were empty.
In some cases they found out where the student had moved or what had happened to them even if they couldn't find them, Snyder said.

"You can't find that by calling a disconnected phone number," she said.